CloudHands

Can you go further on this ? What's political islam ? Maybe you know Islam that well you can state this, but that's a pretty dangerous position.

Don't remove a fly on your brother's head with an axe dude. You scary you know ?

I was obviously not hoping for that answer. I respect both your reserve and honesty.

What do you mean ?

I was waiting for it... DONT TELL ME WHAT TO DO !!!! That's a beautiful declaration Brian. Do you have concrete and inspiring (and beautiful!) stories to tell ?

Sure, my point is that you need walls to learn how to deal with it. Parents that only give "yesses" help nothing with it. Note that I said a wall not a crush machine.

IMHO Shifting is great in many cases. It's obviously beneficial to avoid a wall... and detrimental in some others. Sometimes you have got to be the wall the child has to walk away (shift). Simply because that's how they will learn to handle frustration and that's how they are going to learn how to shift, don't they ? My main vision as an educator comes from daoism : helping a child to grow by being a model more than an instructor sounds easy but with an-always-evolving-knowing-your-string-child pushing you, what a challenge and what a lesson I'm happy I started my classes with a dog... And just like you, what I learn form tai chi helps a lot : pushing without tensing up. Being an iron fist wrapped in cotton... what a concept ! You can find so many situations where it's crucial to be that way. What a challenge to stay at this level too. Firm and soft at the same time. Determinate but aware.

It's interesting you gave a more global description of your vision of your parenting thelerner. I deeply agree with it. I agree with you too Wu Ming Jen, and it felt good to read "I forgot to mention, hug, touch, play, love if you have a young child and they are not sitting on you, jumping on your gut, putting their feet in your face or something really annoying,,,,, this is not normal. Touch, hug, play, love, joy" ​Because my daughter is both very affectionate and attention demanding, I'm glad of it, but it's a challenge to have her to understand and accept that I need time for me alone too. This thread came with the memory of Spotless telling how he used to meditate aside to his child to put him/her to sleep. I adapted the method to learn my daughter to be able to fall asleep by herself by meditating just the other side of the door in a way she couldn't see me. A great tip to avoid frontal confrontation is to offer a choice rather give an order. Or confront the child to the immediate consequences of a bad move. I have an impressive memory of her listening to someone playing oriental (probably syrian) music in the street. She enjoyed it but at the same time she understood it so well her eyes turned wet. That was a very moving moment. I got that stupid memory that often comes to my mind... We were driving a long way, she was quiet then suddenly... she yelled VEEEEENNNNNTRRE (belly) with a raucous voice... ahahah I remember her pointing at something with her finger against her eye. I probably have better or more usefull things to share but that's what come for now.

It was too late because. It was 10h30 pm and wanted to go to my bed Where I live I often witness clouds moving in opposite directions. Picture this in accelerated and you'll be close to (a probable) good interpretation of the yang tai chi move "moving your hand like clouds". This move comes from silk reeling qi gong, it supposed to be very old.

This morning as I was wanted to do some extra tai chi I had to convince my little one to let me to so. So I gave her an information about how long I'll not be available I proposed her to play an audio book in her room... I did the long fist solo, then the saber form and I' don't how the moment I ended the saber form she stopped the cd (maybe 90 sec before the end of the last story).

http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2017/04/19/negociations-ou-sortie-que-veut-vraiment-jean-luc-melenchon-sur-l-europe_5113761_4355770.html Négociations ou sortie : que veut vraiment Jean-Luc Mélenchon sur l’Europe ?"Le candidat de La France insoumise a demandé à ses soutiens, mardi, de ne « pas croire » qu’il voudrait « sortir de l’Europe, de l’euro ». Explications." The candidate of the unsubdued France asked his supports tuesday to "not believe" he would like to "get out Europe, euro". Explanations."

Melenchon is not against europe... Only Le Pen is, and despite her 20 more % she has not a chance to be elected. We will stay european.

It's my opinion that you're too old to understand some music made 40 years ago, maybe even 60 years. Music is a strong emanation of culture, we tend to reject others, specifically when we label them. Some irritates me too

I agree with that. Teeth teeth teeth. Look at our teeth. It's certainly not meat eater teeth. I acknowledge the value of it as a supplement to an "ordinary" diet but... From a global vision meet is disastrous on every step, water, pollution, global human alimentation capacity, ethic, health, spiritual inclination. No wonder why there is so much fire people nowadays, for sure we got the fuel but nothing meaningful to do with it (as societies). But yeah eat it, go on we have to decrease I heard. About the B12 vitamin... It's the product of a bacteria that lives in the ground or in animal's stomaches. So it's naturally present on everything you grab from the ground and you don't wash. For the story since we fed betail we have to had B12 artificially in the meat. Eating meat everyday ahah it was all a dream!!! Why not champagne when we thirstay ?

"I like empty libraries they indicate happy people" Sfar

https://youtu.be/Q8Iwk6_5_Eg?t=26m33s my type of flashback edit for timing

nerves ?

It takes work, don't be afraid... nothing is simple. Edit : Of course, that's no masters talk. That's just what you post evocate to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsqlwmoME9k The salt of earth, is an amazing movie btw

Mostly listening to FIP, for the overall quality and diversity of the tunes http://www.fipradio.fr/player

Listening to MJ

let's talk about Socrate It is the example of the rider who wishes to become an expert horseman: "None of your soft-mouthed, docile animals for me," he says; "the horse for me to own must show some spirit" in the belief, no doubt, if he can manage such an animal, it will be easy enough to deal with every other horse besides. And that is just my case. I wish to deal with human beings, to associate with man in general; hence my choice of wife. I know full well, if I can tolerate her spirit, I can with ease attach myself to every human being else.